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Grim Fandango Remastered leans Optimization (Light / Casual); If on a Winter's Night, Four Travelers leans Optimization (Light / Casual).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
Grim Fandango RemasteredIf on a Winter's Night, Four Travelers

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 0

Grim Fandango Remastered leans harder on execution: no physical skill ceiling, point-and-click

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

If on a Winter's Night, Four Travelers leans harder on variance: Story beats are unknown only on first viewing

Optimization3 vs 3

Even - both lean on optimization about the same.

Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

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